Cage style dual pump handguard for rifle/pistol or other firearm system
OwnerAllen Farris, Charles Bastianinventors
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Abstract
A firearm assembly comprises a frame defining a bolt passage; a barrel connected to the frame and extending forward of the frame; a bolt operable to reciprocate within the bolt passage between a forward battery position and rearward recoil piston; a forend structure connected to the frame forward to the frame and encompassing a portion of the barrel; a grip slidably connected to the forend structure and connected to the bolt; the grip operable to cycle the bolt between the forward battery position and the rearward recoil piston; and the forend structure including a plurality of parallel rods.
Claims14
A firearm assembly comprising:
- a frame defining a bolt passage;
- a barrel connected to the frame and extending forward of the frame;
- a bolt operable to reciprocate within the bolt passage between a forward battery position and rearward recoil piston;
- a forend structure connected to the frame forward to the frame and encompassing a portion of the barrel;
- a grip slidably connected to the forend structure and connected to the bolt;
- the grip operable to cycle the bolt between the forward battery position and the rearward recoil piston;
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- the forend structure including a plurality of parallel rods.
1 wherein the rods are evenly spaced from each other about the barrel.
2 wherein the rods are arranged in a circle centered on the barrel.
1 wherein the rods are arranged in a regular polygon.
4 wherein the rods are arranged in an octagon.
1 including an attachment having a clamp configured to grip a pair of adjacent rods.
1 wherein the grip encircles all the rods.
1 wherein the grip contacts only outer surfaces of the rods facing away from the barrel.
1 wherein the grip is free of structure between any rod and the barrel.
1 wherein the grip defines a major central aperture receiving all the rods.
1 including a lower receiver connected to the frame.
1 wherein the firearm assembly is an upper receiver assembly configured to connect to a lower receiver.
1 wherein the grip is rotationally engaged to the rods.
1 wherein the grip is operably connected to the bolt by a connector element lateral to the barrel and having a portion passing through a slot on a lateral side of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.